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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:24:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Elmes</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In a recent LinkedIn post Ritzya Mitchell, The &#8220;Drama&#8221; queen at http://www.thedramacoach.com/index2.html asked:
When giving a Presentation, what is the biggest obstacle to connecting with your audience?
Here is my response:

 
Hi Ritzya,
I believe the biggest obstacle to connecting with your audience is focusing on you rather than the audience.
Focusing on what you are going to say, and how [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Elmes</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[After writing the post titled: The Key to Reducing Employee Turnover http://relmes.wordpress.com/2008/08/24/the-key-to-reducing-employee-turnover/ I found this quote from Mary Kay Ash founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics http://www.marykay.ca/en/, one of the largest and most successful direct selling organizations in the world:
&#8220;Of course I&#8217;m concerned about profits and losses. I just don&#8217;t give them top priority. If you treat [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 06:34:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Employee turnover is crippling many organizations.
Here are some thoughts on this subject from Leigh Branham, Author of the book titled: Keeping the People who Keep you in Business. http://www.keepingthepeople.com/ (excellent book)
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Which is more expensive, the cost of doing the things necessary to retain your most valuable people, or the cost of losing and replacing those people?
The [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:13:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Elmes</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I asked him, &#8220;So what do you do?&#8221; and he replied, &#8220;I sell insurance.&#8221;
How boring!! In a previous post (you can check it out here http://relmes.wordpress.com/2008/03/06/how-to-become-more-effective-at-networking-events-part-9/ ) I wrote about how to develop your audio-business card and why doing so in a way that differentiates you from your competition can positively impact how you are perceived.
Remember, [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Elmes</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[You could tell that she was fighting back the tears.
No, they were not tears of sadness.
No, they were not tears of shame.
But instead they were tears of joy and tears of relief.
Years of training, years of practice and years of competitions led to this moment.
This was her moment to shine.
This was the moment that Shawn Johnson, [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:51:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guustaff Vocking, a partner at SARV &#38; AIMS International a Management Consulting and Coaching firm in the Netherlands recently asked this question on LinkedIn:
What was the best career advice for you?
Here is what I wrote:
Hi Gustaff,
The Best career advice ever is to never stop learning.
And in my learning I have picked up a few other [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:37:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many years ago I asked Pam Hughes, a savvy executive Assistant to the President of a local company , to speak to one of my Sales Training classes.
My purpose of inviting her was to give the sales professionals in my class the opportunity to hear what it is like from the other side of the desk. What the sales experience [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:07:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Elmes</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Many years ago I asked a savvy executive Assistant to the President of a local company , Pam Hughes speak to one of my Sales Training classes.
My purpose of inviting her was to give the sales professionals in my class the opportunity to hear what it is like from the other side of the desk. What the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The number one characteristic of a great sales leader</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Elmes</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The following question was recently posed on LindedIn by  Jaime Davis-Thomas,  Director of Research &#38; Publications at EcSELL Institute http://ecsellinstitute.net/:
 What are the characteristics of a great sales leader?
Here was my answer:
Hi Jaime,
The number one characteristic of a great sales leader is that they care.
They care about helping solve their customer&#8217;s problems,
They care about building [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:09:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Elmes</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It didn&#8217;t take much effort on her part, but it meant the world to me.
I was recently in a brainstorming meeting where I presented several original ideas.
After the meeting was over, the director of the meeting sent everyone an email outlining the key points in the meeting and what our next steps would be.
Also in [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:05:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The crowd groaned as the first baseman squeezed the ball for the final out.
The final out of the game.
The final out of the season.
No my 8 year old son&#8217;s team didn&#8217;t win his Jr. Rookie ball championship, but they will take away much more than a participant&#8217;s trophy.
The reason: Great Coaching
This season I have had [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:37:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Elmes</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[At first glance, being consistent may not sound like something that would help make you sexier to your ideal customers, but it counts more that we often realize.
On the other hand, if you want to drive your customer crazy and lose their business in the process than just follow the following formula:
Go to the ends [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why most Companies have it all Wrong</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Elmes</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[You have seen it in the movies and the same scene is played out in companies all over the world. You know the one that I am talking about. The scene where some Sales Manager is screaming at their Sales Rep, saying something like;
&#8220;I need that report on their desk before they get in the next [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to always win in Sales</title>
		<link>http://relmes.wordpress.com/2008/08/06/how-to-always-win-in-sales/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:57:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Elmes</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In my business I occasionally get the opportunity to conduct a &#8220;Ride-along&#8221; with a Sales Representative. Meaning I ride along for the day to observe and coach that individual in the field.
This is a powerful tool for teaching, &#8220;in-the-moment&#8221;.  As an observer I have the opportunity to watch, listen and feel what the rep is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another reason why Cold Calling is getting less effective in Canada</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:31:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Elmes</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
This was posted on today on CBC news today.
Telemarketers face &#8216;do-not-call&#8217; axe on Sept. 30
Canadians will be able to give telemarketers the slip as of Sept. 30 when the national do-not-call-list officially begins operating.

30/07/2008 12:30:52 PM
CBC News 
Under the new rules, announced Wednesday by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, telemarketers will not be allowed [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Elmes</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[As I walked away stunned. I remember feeling frustrated by what I had just experienced.
We had been looking forward to this day for a while. For our birthdays, my Mom gave my son Jacob and I tickets to today&#8217;s baseball game between The Toronto Blue Jays http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com (our favorite team) and the Seattle Mariners http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com at the Rogers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to maximize the effectiveness of your daily commute or drive time</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:25:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Elmes</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Carl Melville who is the Chief Communicator at Enact Marketing http://www.enactmarketing.com asked the following question on LinkedIn:
 How do you maximize the effectiveness of your daily commute or drive time?
Here was my response:
Hi Carl,
How do I maximize the effectiveness of my daily commute?
1. Reading: I listen to audio-books (I am an audio-book junkie). This allows [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to get your customers to buy your business cards: Lessons from Disney World</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Elmes</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine having thousands of your happy customers proudly putting their good money down to buy your business cards.
What do you think all those raving fans marketing your business would do for your business?
Hi, it&#8217;s Richard again, and the reason that I haven&#8217;t blogged in over a week is that my family and I just returned home from our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How our &#8220;Date with Disney&#8221; can improve your next Presentation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:16:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We can hardly contain our excitement. Tomorrow my family leaves for a week long trip to Disney World.
We have been preparing for this moment for years. We have saved up the money, booked and planned our trip extensively. We searched websites for tips on how to get the most out of our money, time and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ending your speech with a Bang: How to effectively close your presentation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:49:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Elmes</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In my previous post I talked about how important the close of your presentation is.
In this post we will talk about how to create a memorable close that will end your presentation on a high note.
In order to end you presentation / training / speech on a high note you need to consider these key [...]]]></description>
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